"Cal is fortunate to receive a solid baseball player in Preston GrandPre."

GrandPre will join former Laguna Beach player Chris Paul on the Cal baseball roster. Paul was a record-setting player and team MVP in both football (2010) and baseball (2011) at Laguna Beach High and was named the school's Male Athlete of the Year for the 2010-11 school year.

Paul, who completed his sophomore year at Cal in the spring, plays infield and outfield for the Bears.

"I've known Chris since I was six or seven and our families are good friends," GrandPre said. "Plus, [Laguna Beach teammate] Robbie McInerny also is going to Cal. I'm really looking forward to joining them up there."

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Boys' Basketball

A fun and competitive Laguna Beach High boys' basketball alumni tournament was played Saturday at Dugger Gym. A team made up of former players who donned Laguna uniforms between 1998-2000, won the tournament for the sixth time.

The 1998-2000 team, which lost out on the title last year, included Travis Hanour (2000), Jesse Obrand (1999), Kurt Beimfohr (1999), Chris Sirianni (1998), Nick Reynolds (1998) and Chase Satrappe (1999).

Laguna Coach Bret Fleming said seven teams competed for this year's tournament title. He said Rick Reigel, Class of 1981, was the oldest competitor in the tournament, and noted Chuck Herpick, a member of Laguna's 1953 CIF championship team, attended the event.

"The tourney was really competitive and it was a great opportunity for our current players to connect and get to know many of the guys who came before them and built the program," Fleming said.

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Water Polo

Two Laguna Beach High athletes will compete in international competition over the next few weeks.

Former Laguna Beach standout Nolan McConnell, now at Long Beach State, is a member of the USA Water Polo Junior Men's National Team for the FINA Men's Junior World Championships at Szombathely, Hungary. McConnell, an attacker, and the Junior Men's team start tournament play Monday against Spain.

The tournament runs through Aug. 18.

Makenzie Fischer, who will enter her junior year at Laguna Beach High next month, is on the USA Water Polo Junior Women's National Team roster for the upcoming FINA Women's Junior World Championships.

The Junior Women's team, coached by Dan Klatt, will compete Aug. 19-25 at Volos, Greece and opens tournament play against Kazakhstan Aug. 19.

Fischer, a utility player, is the only high school player on the team.